A.A. Milne - Author

A.A. Milne (1882-1956) grew up in a school - his parents ran Henley House in Kilburn, for young boys - but never intended to be a children's writer. Pooh he saw as a pleasant sideline to his main career as a playwright and regular scribe for the satirical literary magazine, Punch. Writing was very much the dominant feature of A.A. (Alan Alexander)'s life. He joined the staff of Punch in 1906, and became Assistant Editor. In the course of two decades he fought in the First World War, wrote some 18 plays and three novels, and fathered a son, Christopher Robin Milne, in 1920 (although he described the baby as being more his wife's work than his own!). Observations of little Christopher led Milne to produce a book of children's poetry, When We Were Very Young, in 1924, and in 1926 the seminal Winnie-the-Pooh. More poems followed in Now We Are Six (1927) and Pooh returned in The House at Pooh Corner (1928). After that, in spite of enthusiastic demand, Milne declined to write any more children's stories as he felt that, with his son growing up, they would now only be copies based on a memory. In one way, Christopher Robin turned out to be more famous than his father, though he became uncomfortable with his fame as he got older, preferring to avoid the literary limelight and run a bookshop in Dartmouth. Nevertheless, he published three volumes of his reminiscences before his death in 1996.

You can find out more about A. A. Milne and Winnie-the-Pooh at Pooh Corner.

Winnie the PoohA.A. Milne
A. A. Milne's first stories about Winnie-the-Pooh, the most famous
bear in the world, were published eighty years ago. This beautiful
anniversary edition of "Winnie-the-Pooh" celebrates the enduring
popularity of Pooh and his Forest friends. Discover what happens
when Pooh...
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Winnie the PoohA.A. Milne
A. A. Milne's first stories about Winnie-the-Pooh, the most famous
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each new generation of children and their parents....
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Now We are SixA.A. Milne
As famous as nursery classics in their own right. This is an
unforgettable evocation of childhood, through the eyes of
Christopher Robin.
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Winnie the Pooh Collection (slipcase edition)A.A. Milne
This beautifully produced slipcased edition was specially created
to commemorate the recent 75th anniversary of the publication of
the very first stories about Winnie the Pooh. It consists of the
classic, much-loved, tried and tested stories by A.A. Milne and...
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Now We are SixA.A. Milne
As famous as nursery classics in their own right. This is an
unforgettable evocation of childhood, through the eyes of
Christopher Robin.
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